# Neurite

**Source**: https://jerugroup.eng.ox.ac.uk/software/neurite
**Parent**: https://jerugroup.eng.ox.ac.uk/software

# NEURITE

Neurite simulates the electrical signal propagation in myelinated and unmyelinated axons, and in dendritic trees under mechanical loading. Two different solvers are available (explicit and implicit) with sequential (CPU) and parallel (GPUs) versions.

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#### **Relevant publications**

- A. Jérusalem, J.A. García, A. Merchán-Pérez and J.M. Peña. *A computational model coupling mechanics and electrophysiology in spinal cord injury*. **Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, 13:883-896, 2014.**[DOI:10.1007/s10237-013-0543-7](http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10237-013-0543-7 " DOI:10.1007/s10237-013-0543-7")
- J.A. García Grajales, G. Rucabado, A. García-Dopico, J.M. Peña and A. Jérusalem. *Neurite, a finite difference large scale parallel program for the simulation of electrical signal propagation in neurites under mechanical loading*. ****PLoS ONE, 10(2):e0116532, 2015.**** [DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0116532](http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0116532 " DOI:110.1371/journal.pone.0116532"), [open access](http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0116532)